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About The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1923)
•y- ■*,' • ' — • GEORGIA BULLDOGS TO PLAY FAMOUS PENNSYLVANIA TEAM ON SANFORD FIELD THURSDAYMODEL Mill CJ& Twentv-Six Years Now Since Two Colleges Have Met on the Diani' ond. GEORGIA WON ° LAST GAME Old Stars of That Great Game Coming Back. Game Starts at Three O’Clock. Following the opening game in Athens Wednesday afternoon be- Cn Georgia and Dahlonega will Tone of the diamond claseica o rt. year Thursday when the Uni- «rsitv of Pennsylvania appear* ttre as the opponent for the Bull- *rwenty six years ago Georgia .lived Penn in Atlanta and won Jhat was considered at that' time 1 greatest victory ever achieved a* Southern college. The Quak- « were downed in that game by the ■Major Draper Daugherty, Gct’ToðcT Meeting For Clarke i Son of Attorney (General . A .. ® . t ! Daugherty, Sought in County on Aprtl 20th in Athens\ Murder of Model. YOUNG DAUGHERTY genuine get-together meeting with public speaking, athletic gomes and at) old-fashioned “dinner on the ground" will be held In Athens by Clarke county citizens April 20, it whs announced Wednesday. The meeting will be sponsored by the County Schools under the direction of Mrs. Annie Mae Wood Bryant, home demonstration agents The athletic events will be direct*’ years and over. <w) hv Dand..ll J .- J • * ed by Randall Weems, Industrie* secretary f the YounB Men's Chris tian Association. SPEAKING CONTEST. A speaking contest will be held In which one pupil frum each school will participate. Prises will b. delivered by Dr. Andrew M. Soule, preeident of the State College ut Agriculture, Prises will be award ed by Captain T. H. Dozier, county school superintendent. The dinner will be held on the Agricultural first base and none to ^ n g arnewm in reality m^k «*• program fo the He opening in Atheru bbJ*^™{ song-Georgla Land. Prayer—Rev. W.M. Chile. ' Address—Dr. A. M. Soule. Speaking contest—(One contest ant from each school, 7 minutes limit.) Delivery of prizes by Capt. T. H. Dozier. 2S yard dash, for boys under 10 years. . -, ' bi the first collegihte game of He year. Dahlonega, la, not class- :jjiTSSiStKfeS therefore be more interesting for that fact. SALE WILL VERY pgOBABLY HURL. Fred Sale, who won the initial rune of the season In Columbus Saturday against Banning will very probably be on the mound jor the Georgians. Ho is going nod this year from the very Jump lid will be given a rousing wel- tone back for his second year by the local fans. ....., ' ■ Pennsylvania will open her sca- lon-with this- game and tho Phil adelphia vistors are anxious to begin their.first southern trip in years with a viqtory of Georgia ud get revenge for the defeat ad ministered way back in 1897. The weather has been fine in Philadelphia for the past several days and the team 'has been able to get out of doors for practice. Indoor practice has been conducted foe several weeks and the pitchers sre already in fine trim, according lo reports coming to Athens. ATHENS SHOULD SUPPORT GAME. A large crowd of Athens people ind those from the surrounding territory, should support this gsme and give the Northerners (Turn to page eight) 25 yards dash for girls under 10 years. 40 yards dash for boys 10 to It years. " 40 yards dash for grls 10 years and over. 60 yards (loth for boys, open. 20 yards egg race for girls 6 to 10 years old. 40 yards Egg' race for girls 11 Standing broad jump for boys, no age limit. ' - Sack race for boys 10 yeans old :yul under. Basebull throw for boys. ‘Baseball throw for girls. , Kotatoe relay race. Pie rjtce for girls, no age limit. Shoe race for boys lO to 15 years. ' Cracker' eating race for boys. 200 yards relay race for teams of 2 boys and 2 girls. One j entry allqwed for each schod in events 1, 2, 33, 4. 5, 0, 7, Nos. 10 and 11. Any number from each school allowed. Highest scoring boy.. and girl from each school will be allowed throw in finals. Two trial throws allowed. REMAINS SILENT Police Tracing Mysterious Negro Who Left Apart ment Job Only One Day After MurBer. Kiri* or be . The commltte in * charge of the exercises is composed of Mrs. An nle M. Wood Bryant, chairman; Captain T .H. Dozier, T. R. Weems, industrial secretary y. M. C, J. W. Firor, county agent; M. Ellington. Members Will Gonvene. Work of Beautifying Ath- ThUrsday Night to Dis- ens Goes on- With' En- cuss Agricultural Needs For Clarke Couftty. ‘How can we provide a better market for the far mproducts of this section 7" will be the subject of a Forum meeting of the tp>r- ganized Chamber of Commerce Thursday night, at the Chamber'bf Commerce , hcadqburters In the Georgian Hotel. It is hoped that every member will be present and either express his views on this subjeet which la STREETS! MSB thusiasm. Children Are After Prizes Offered. People who throw tifiah and paper on Athens streets are liable to punishment in the police court, Ut was announced Tuesday by the "Clean-up Campaign” committee which is waging a campaign to beautify and rid this city of dis ease-breeding places. While the committee is anrious ■for Athenian! to aid in the cam paign from a desire to makh the of basis importance for Athens!, or jicity healpful and.beautiful, the hear what other* have to say on it. IjBoard of Health is co-operating (By A*soel«Ud> Press.) NEW YORK—Ferdinand Pecora,* acting district Attorney, toplght ad dressed a letter to Major Draper M. Daugherty, only son of the Uni ted States attorney general reduest lag that lie- lay before N3w York authorities all the information he .sossessssd covcernlng a.blackmail tonsplrat y invoicing Dorothy Koe- uan an.l John Kearsley Mitchell of Philadelphia,' son-in-law of E. T. Stotesbury. The district attorney declined to Doomed To Die Dog Escapes: ; NEW YORK—Warden Lawes of Sing Sing announced yester day that a prisoner; condemned to death had escaped from the prison just before he was to be executed. The fugitive' is Teddy, a Great Dane dog, a gift from the kennel* of H- K- Browning, a wealthy, resident of Tarrytown. j Teddy, whit stands more than three fee't high, recently de- veloped eczema. John , Handy, the prisoner who takes cafe of the dog, induced Warden Lawes to call in Dr. Bradley, a vet erinary surgeon. Df. Bradley ■decided that the dog could not recover and should be executed. As If knowing of hi* sen- Teddy escaped from the stable a . few hours he- ie execution was to take THE BOLL WEEVIL \ Statistics Compiled By College Show Effective ness of Calcium Arsenate Dusting Plan. WillEberhart JhAutoWreck | ■: Tuesday 75 PER CENT MORE COTTON RAISED Valuable Advice and Sug gestions Given North east Georgia- Farmers By Experts Here. ESCAPED CONVICTS 1 icAught after hot BATTLE NEAR HULL USTB1IS OFFER CLOSES SATURDAY Committee Announces Two For One Offer Which is Filial in Popu larity White Way Race. The largest bonus that will be Offered in the popularity contest until it closes next-week has been announced by the committee to That cotton can be grown in Georgia In spite Of the boll weevil where a calcium arsenate dusting . method Is used Is'.hown by the re- * *&*?"** the , box * 8 are last - visited Saturday morning. The bonus this time is two for one, thabds for"every vote the com mittee will award two votes. This Madison County Officers Play Stellar Role in Cor- raling Bandit-Prisoners From Federal Prison. ONE CONVICT IS ‘ ■ SERIOUSLY HURT W. K Butler, Colbert Policeman Holds Con victs At Bay While Help Arrives From Hull. battle ofbullets lasting wer noun- ced by the State College M Agrl- ell’ . Known Business . culture. Jan Injured When Auto Ills, Street Car on. Mil- A summary of the reports of county demonstration agents In Georgia for 1922 shows that de monstrations were ■ conducted on one hundred and- sixty four (arms L with a total acreage of 8.07 acres. W. p.* Dberlmrt, ('manager of the The farms w*re located alt over ISS Sporting Good* Company IleA the State and every important type St. Mary'*, hospital with a broken Of soil included, and the climate ' ,1 ~ .I-,, ■. „« a .... I conditions encountered were quite t and badly Starred face a* a re- man wished to keep hia where abouts' secret Mr. Pecorla also declined to dis cuss a report current at criminal courts that Mr- Stotesbury was |.-ie paring to offer a substantial re ward for the appiehenslon of tbe nr-del's slayer. . Mr Stotesbury, according to in formation aaid to have bosa re ceived from Philadelphia. w*s pre paring, to come to New York to discuss the case with Mr. Pecora. He brd been lnbonatant wire com- the district attor- was said, since Identity as “Marshall” had been made publip. The name ot the man who made out Mlllcdse. According to G. G. Thomson, moturman on the cur. it had just crossed Meigs, Street when he saw the uutomi which Mr. Eberhart was riding. The litotoiman started ringing his gong and when tho autcmobllo did not get off the ear track he stoptred the car. The collision happened In front of St .Mary's hosptnt. Sir. Eberhurt was taken from the wrecked automoble by the' motor- niaq and-Henry'. Fullliovc. I- The .front efld of the uutomoblle! demands on Daugherty, Mr. Pecora it- roadster. • was demolished. The said, had hnnn fnmlshod him end of the street car was also said,, had been furnished him. btit 1 *'''^". ^ c ?. r ' v “ uusx of, he declined to reveal bis' ldenlty con . 8r * Wy damaged the report- APPL1CAT ‘ " of Mr. 'rhnnrnsrtn In the Athena or bis connection, If any, with the present Investigation. HOLDS TO BLACKMAIL i He reiterated his belleHthat 1 Work Starts Next Week. Enumerator- For E&ch Of Five Wards. Parents Asked to Aid. Work on the first school censtis fur Athens lit five year will begin ntxt week. It was decided Tuesday by the Board of Education. Fire enumerators will work on the census taking First Ward, HI *■ Price; .second Ward. liev. J. A. fell; Third Ward, Boy Bowden: Fourth Ward;..George Crane and Fifth Ward; Ira Dunaway. The state school appropriation to tl>» Athens city schhols for the next lire yearH will be based on the number of school children In the dty. It Is stated.. ■ “ is to be the best Interest of the dty school that every child of •cbool age be included In the cen- ,■* as missing one cbUd will 4®- W»e the city of.se versl dollars ™ for annually.,for the next tive yrars. if residents leave their any time next week or while I census Is pelng taken they are "quested (O leave a list ot the turner u( children between the o of t “id Ilf, aojthe enumerator • h(» record therefrom. High school' crowded, r Athens is dependent to a very large measure on the prosperity of-the farming territory surrounding and the subject of assistance the farmers 1* the principal plank In the program* of work of the Chamber which was presented the Board of'Directors yesterday at their first meeting. • The meeting will begin promptly at 8 o'clock and will be snappy and Interesting. A brief talk will be given by Meigs B. Russell, field secretary of the American City Bureau on how the Chamber of Commerce will op- The new progroip of work which has resulted from the suggestions of the members will be presented to the members and other, feature* of Interest will be taken up aside from the organisation of the Forum which will be the muin buslnese of the evening. * * There will be a good old fash ioned sing by the membere to get started and signalize their enthu siasm for Athens .and Other fea tures which will make the evening one long to be remembered 1 . .with them and warns, those who persist in throwing paper bags and other trash on the street*. CHILDREN AFTER THEM Meanwhile’ the school children and Boy Scout* are aljer the prizes offered in the campaign which will be awarded when th^ campaign closes April 1. Mayor Thomas urges ^citizens not to let up on the cleanipg-up when tbe campaign ends, however. The weather is clear now and those who want' to do spring clean ing will find it just right for that pilrpoie. In addition to beautifyng the ■city citizens may prevent a yellow fever epidemic by destroing cans and cisterns filled with stagnant water where the yellow fever mos quito breeds. Mayor Thomas is offering a wet of' Charles Dickens novels to the school whose district is cleaned the best and the Kiwanic club is ioffering an international Web- 'stera dictionary to the colored school on the same condithn. Priests ' Are Sen- OTHER PRIZES Hep rts by the. visiting commit- ?*" " r ihe Board Tuesday ahowed uut ihe East and Weat Athena col- >> r «l Schools are .badly In need of teipr-ivemeijis and that tho City "l!h« School Is crowded, handicap- WhK the work ot the teachers, U. O. Michael, reporting .on a visit tq H ‘sh School declared It Is “°*'ded but despite the Inconvenl- *»<■■-» under which the teachers and wplls labor “it Is the best lllKh School anywhere.'* - ' • Petitions from the Paront-Tcach- «r« I'ouncll aod Grammar School arliers urging Impr.ivcmenis were ...n><! to a commit tec* (or r<»n- The P* Tx itenced ; to 10 Years and Eight to. 3 Years’ Im^, prisonment. In addition to thia Mrs. Lamar C- Rucker offera (2M in cash to colored school- children who do the best work in the clean up drive. The Boy Scout prises are, one dozen Palace theatre tickets given by Manager E. G- Gidley, a Scout knife given by Athens Hardware i Mlsa Keenan had be*n->ala]n by • person or persons involved In thq plot id blackmail Mitchell. The robbery motive, however,, he said, bad not been entirely discarded. Tbe police, It wad said, had turned - thqir efforts to trace a nagro who worked a short time at the apartment house and had left the day after the murder. Two de tectives were sent to New Bruns wick, N. J., i nthe search. Attracted by newapaper stories, quoting Daugherty as saying that he had visited the model in her apartment and once had given her a check. Assistant District Attor ney Pecora and Police Inspector Coughlin both evinced a strong de- alre to question the young clubman. By examination of him they hoped to get additional facta to link with those suppUed by John Kear- aley ■Mitchell, of Philadelphia, son- in*law of E. T. Stottabnry. and re- puted to be an elderly admirer ot the slain girl, in an effort to de velop the official theory tbitt black mailers had'sought' to - use the Broadway butterfly to bait their traps. Daugherty was not available at his club here, and from Atlantic City, where he was reported to have gone, came word that he was ■tot registered at cay hotel there. Late this . afternoon, however. Mr. Pecora received word that Daugherty, was In this city and the rosecutor announced that be w «nld remain In-.hit office this evening tnt.he.hope, that the new witness \*Ou:d. present hi msclf. ' of Mh Thompson to the’ Athens Railway A Electric company states. Many Anarchists Are Captured in Recent Readings Police Arrest More Than Two Hundred Anardhists reveal where he addressed the let- leg' am. oaoiy somreu race »» » VAr1abIe About tw3nty varieties ter to Daugherty, saying he had ,Mdt of his automobile colliding with o{ were uge( i on t h e difter- been given tof understand the young a; street car at 10:30 o'clock Tues- _ en t farms, but Cleveland Big Boll day night cn Milledge avenue.' ahd College No. 1 tiem to have Wednemlpy hospital .attendants b«»n the most popular. ».JiirSSF,SfJS!SSS Mr. Eberhart was going toward two-row. one-horse duaters, and Hill Otreet and the car was going three-row, two. horse traction dus- ‘ ters. The majority reported gains of { seventy-five percent over the areas, not dusted, and only five showed | galqi of less than fifty percene. | Only three farms showed no gain| and oh. these, rainfall seriously, Interfered with the proper applies-1 lion ot the poison. These results,, covering such a wide range of con ditions, show, that where calcium arsenate Is applied! ini'the dust form cotton cqn 'be- profitably raised in all parts of Georgia. - . ' will stimulate action in the contest and another lovely tilt between the candidates is expected. It is rumored that several of the candidates not leading have been active during the past sev eral days and have a surprise in store for the last days of the contest. No chgnge was recorded Wed nesday in the standing, which is as follows: Lovie Jowers Harriet Stephens . Laura Hammond ., Bessie Jackhon .... Nellie Griffith .... Mrs.* Davis Mabel Parr ...... MoUie Whitehead .. Mrs. P. N. ChUivis Ncra Crymes Elisabeth Harris . Clara Belt Rutherford.. 1070 Mary Sims 1007 Earline Wilder 1091 Pauline Toney 1185 Martha McAlpin ...... 1185 . 217,135 102,278 . 85,310 . 69.885 . 4,062 .. 2315 .. 1823 ..1474 .. 1489 .. 1183 1018 eral minutes, between Hull and Colbert on Hie S. A. L. railroad, ended early Wednesday morning in the capture of two escaped con victs from the Atlanta Fed eral prison and perhaps fa tal injury to one. . Madison county officers and citizens played, the stel lar role in the capture of the ,two prisoner-banditi, who escaped from Atlana penitentiary early Tuesday. C08T OF PQI$ON »io(r* • The cost of applying the poison ( Including polsqn, labor and duster*. averaged from six dollars to eight dollars per acre. Most of these demonstrations showed Increases of well above one hundred, pounds seed cotton per acre. Lillian Edwards Sarah .Hall ....... Erma i?ooth ...... Carrie Booth Cathie Bee- ...... Nellie Christopher . Fany. McDorman ■MrSi.W.D. Paschal . Mrs. Clarence Stone Nina Sue Carter .. 1086 ... 1026 ... 1007 ... 1007 ... 1007 ... 1103 .... -1006 .... 1011 ... 1005 ... 1004 RECOMMENDATIONS In Bulgaria. Sixty-Five,follows; In Sofia. ' L**JS The recommendaUons as to ihe use of calcium arsenate as carried out on.these demonstrations are as White Man Fined CHAPMAN IS INJURED. Gerald Chatmanj one of the pris oners, Is at St. Mary's hospital with three bullet wounds which were Inflicted by the sheriffs posse 'before the capture. Frank Gray,-the other man is confined in the Clarke county jail. He escaped injury. - Pursued by federal prison at taches, who trailed them from At lanta toward Athens Tuesday night, the prisoners were put off a S.. A. L. freight train Wednesday morning between Hull and Colbert and con- tlbuTd on toward the latter place. T^ey were reported to W. P. But ler. policeman at Colbert by the freight conductor and the former hurried to the place where the con ductor said ho put them, off the train. They were Heen walking on the railroad track and- commanded to halt. , Refusing to obey the order of tho policeman the convicts ran toward [ a clump of woods near the highway. . firing a volley of bullets as they Iran . The fire was returned by Policeman Biitler who in the mean time was ro-enforced by 1 some peo- Eni* T nitamnn plt from Colbert and'Hull. » Or luOliennglRowe. Tom Drake, Erwin Kirke. T.' Use only pure calcium arson' { ate In the dust form. 2. Purchase to conform to the SOFIA—More than two hundred')J° ,,ow,n S »Pemnc«Uonii: Not lesi alleged anarchists have been, arrest-1 U*an forty^ Bercenti total araenic ed throughout Bulgaria In- raid*, pentoxld. Not more than 0.75 per conducted tiy police .during the post cent water soluble araenic, density few days. | of not less than eighty or more The police ofttclats have known than- one hundred cubic! inches per for some time that the anarchists, pound. were holdng meetings in cut-of- 3. Apply poison when the air la the-way-place* but until the, last ' calm and the plants are moist, this several days .have been unable to j means, night or early morning ap- locate them. 'plications. One fflun was captured about a I 4. Use from five to seven week ago. who had in his posses- j pounds per acre acldum arsenate slon plans and schedules of several: for each application, meetings which were to take plane 5. start poisoning as soon as scattered over three^or four weeks. w cevlls begin to puncture squares The police kept this Information 1 •- q^let a fid sent out squads to sur .company and'a Scout belt given manont FlphHrtW Pridti, upon Daniel Farmer, of the Grassy sufficient to clothe and house and !by H. j" Reid Clothing company. r0St ^BS^ii2tlon‘ ’Ttf&ry county, on nourish the three of them, and tederwUon. <py Associated Pre**.) MOSCOW—Archibiahop Zepliak ead of the Roman Catholic church in Russia, and all the «i*teen priests on trial with him charged with oposing the »<*!«* govern ment, were found guilty today. Arehibishop Zepliak and Viscar- General Butchkavitch were sen tenced to death. The central execu- tive committee ordered a stay or execution of the death sentences] Five priests were sentenced to ten years imprisonment. ... . .Eight, other three year .sffltflmw. f -W'?o were given, a l"*,UWW totter including one ■ whose sentence was commut Costas will give she soda checks each to five school children who dean np the grounds around their own home the best. The Sanitary carta will go any where in the city upon call. Seven Fined For Traffic Violations Seven auto drivers were fined in Recorder’s court Tuesday morn ing after being tried and found guilty of operating cars with ginr- tait lights. 'efiniedlStritch itfcktfjWg JlgHfe htSf. 1 RE-ELECT TRADE Y Directors Re-Name Offi cers Temporarily. Per- poned. round tbe meeting places as the meetings were starting. The or. rests made at these early meetings were kept secret and the anarch- lsts did not kn-w that many of their comrades hu tail ready been arrested. (Turn to page eight) Henry Hlx, a white man, 'was lined 120.75 or sentenced to forty days imprisonment in the city stockade Tuesday after being found guilty of loafing. Grogan Smith, negro, waa also given a similar sen tone*, fbr the same effenae.' John Royal, white, forefelted bond ot 120.75. The case against him was'drunkenness and disorder ly conduct at the ball park Mon day. 1 After battling for several min utes Policeman Butler ran out of cartridges and some of the men with h|m went back for more help. In the meantime Sheriff W. H. Hall ot Madlsori county with Coun- ty Policeman E. L. McCannon. came dp and Joined In the fight. At this time Chapman who was crawling through a cotton patoh. raised up to fire' but was shot doom, three ' bullets entering the body, (Turn To Page Eight) FBWCR MIN IN JAIL LONDON.—England today Is sup- porting fewer poor persons and few- er prisoner* then at any time nine*, INI. Thirteen yearn ago' there were 111 Indigent peraonn to each. 10,000 of population living nt the expense of the state, compared to 70 today. > In lilt the Inmates ot prisons and reformatOrlM averaged 11.0 pet 1 10.000 population an against 3.3 at the pres ent time. Two Babies Offered For Adoption! By Young Mother in Dire Distress TEUSMIE Col. Gaptt Finds People Happy and Business Good in Adjoining Coun ty. Recalls Old Times. i Above ia the copy of an adver- j tizement thnt appears in the “want 1 column” of today’s Banncr-Her- VI„„ tj„ j XT- * . a 1 Bid. Imagine the heart-ache and Ilian Had No rart in Am- j the mental anguish that this young bussing Man Near Co- mother—scarcely a woman- liimhin Snvq Qhnto f!nn- perie h c * d j? making up her lumoia, says ouaie Mm (0 take. thia . course, to advc (By Associated Prcki.) COLUMBIA'.—.Eight white men. one of. them a pfecher, have been chatged with'Hiring, from ambush WANTED^-By widow, eighteen years old, home for her two fatherless children, girl four months old, and boy two and a half years old, both healthy, at tractive children. Mother, unable to'support them, is willing that'they be J adopted and reared in a good home. Phone 18^0-J. remain away from work a day or two on account of the failure of the colored nurse to report to care for them while the mother was at work. She can’t leave her ba bies and go out to work, and she can’t hold a job when there is no one to care for them, nnd the three of them are dependent upon her albor for a livelihood. So, 'there is nothing for her to do but part with them ” ‘ mind , — advertise her babies or adoption in drder that they might live the-normal life of children in good circum stances nnd develop into usefu. citizens. ' > For her small earnings are not - Directors of the chamber of Com merce Tuesday temporarily re elected tbe officers of that or ganization who resigned when the Greater Chamber of Commerce campaign began a few week* ago lit order that aU new members would have an opportunity to vote for the 1923 officers. Five members o fthe Board of Director! were absent from the meeting Tuesday and permanent election of officers was postponed on that account The 1923 officers are Hugh W. White, president,' Frank A. 1 Holden «rat> and - Harold- Hulme. vice, president and E. W\ Carroll, secretary. December 7. Tbe arrests were made following an investigation by state consta ble, who made his report to the governor. Two of the men confessed to the officers, it was stated, implicating others. The shooting occurred following tbe receipt of a letter from Duncan, which, was signed K. K. K. Duqcan is a married man and the letter ordered him to leave the county at once. The atate constable after a thorough investigation bv himself and after hearing the confession of rather thuh see her babies suffer, she is willing to part with them, wiling to aaerifiee the ineffable joy and happiness of daily and nightly association with the pre cious ones—that joy and happiness that is the mother’s compensa tion for the physical torture and mental suffering {hat. she en dure;: in order that her little ones may be born—if such sacrifice will insure for them those creature contorts which she is unable to give. “She wants to keep her babies," said s friend who placed the ad- in the paper, "and is willing to (By T. LARRY GANTT) When the section of. concrete road , is built to the Oconee county line, one of the best stretches of highway in Georgia will be from Athens to Watkinsville. Oconee built a good road to the Morgan and Greene county lines, and which the state proposed to keep up by running over these roads after every shower, the money is said to have given Out and the roads are again getting cut up. Better give that motor car tax to the dif ferent counties and they can make better use of It. There is wide spread complaint everywhere about the states management of public highways. This section is getting very little benefit from the motor car tax. It is proposed to move the Princeton bridge further down the will en- river, so that the highway wii But, isn’t there something that Circle the hills and put the road can be done? Isn’t there some nn much better ground. But owing agency that will assume the caro to the cost of the change, nothing of these two babies until surh,timq 'has been done. This would be as the mother gels into position as mumur kcis iulu jiusiviun to have them with her again? In her extremity, she is willing to relinquish all claim to them, but fortune may smile upon her -and the time come when she is able to suppotr them. But if they arc odapted by someone, the mother’s claim will end, though she may desire them more than anything else in the world- Tt would be an act of kindness. if someone should . adopt ‘'these babies, thus relieving the mother’s present dire distress; but a great er service would be performed, if it were possible to provide means for their cate either ftT a private htond or some institution; without abfi already fjg^'^ccoijpdr'.^^hWfreijtflriiiff'the mother'to givethem then (it was necessary for her to up irrevocably money well spent and a broad and concrete bridge should span the stream. The old wooden bridge now in use is too narrow for two ve. hicleq to pass. This is one of the most important highways that on- iters Athens as travel from Oconee, Greene, Morgan and a pert of Walton must use it. and it is the link of a great national highway to- Florida- The tax money used for good roads and schools is about the only pait of their funds for which the public receives direet end visible benefit. Oconee has certainly lone its full .-hare in building the highway to Watkins- vilio. We stopn kinsvilio as . (Turn to psge seven) opned a short time at Wtt- ■ aaa meet friends and talk '31
